work

'Stability isn't a trap': Workers dispute whether a 9 to 5 is better than other types of work

Ally Perry

21 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Winter Work Slump (February 14, 2024)

Lana DeGaetano

Employee cancels shift due to family emergency, manager rejects request and writes him up despite following protocol: 'That is really not a legitimate excuse'

Ben Weiss

Job advertised as remote until interviewer reveals mandatory office days because they're a "family": 'We do 3 days in the office and 2 at home'

Brad Dickson

Boss blames pregnant employee after manager steals her lunch, gets an allergic reaction, and faces no consequences: I got a verbal warning, I don't get how I'm the bad guy but a literal thief gets away with stealing’

Etai Eshet

Worker offered “promotion” without additional compensation, finds a new job and takes half the team with him: 'Another company offered him the same management role—with actual compensation'

Brad Dickson

'I can't seem to land a job here that offers any PTO': German man moves to America for his wife, is shocked by American work culture

JR Atkinson

60+ year-old couple disagree over Valentine's Day etiquette: 'Valentine's Day is... not for your coworkers'

Remy Millisky

Underpaid engineer cashes in on a $5k work bonus and calls it quits on job when they land a better $54/hr role: ‘I had gone above and beyond my duties’

Lana DeGaetano

Woman sabotages coworker who’s stealing her lunch by putting cayenne pepper in the food, boss takes coworker’s side, despite her being the thief: “I don’t see how I’m the bad guy for messing with my own food”

Briana Viser

21 Pawsitively Funny Memes Purrfect for People Who Call in Sick to Spend the Day With Their Cats

Blake Seidel

Two managers trash-talk employee forgetting they’re in a group chat, panic and scramble to delete their patronizing comments after being called out: ‘my self-esteem at work has decreased massively due to these women’

Etai Eshet

Girlfriend questions boyfriend's intelligence in front of his coworkers at a work event, his supervisor calls her out: 'Miss, at this party, you are his guest'

Baiz Hoen

Boss tells employee he can get a raise only if they fire someone else, sending him looking for different workplace: ‘Boss started laughing about it.”

Etai Eshet

$1.5 million quote goes unfinished thanks to a bad office internet connection and rigid remote work policy: 'Ah, well. If only I could go home to use my working internet'

Brad Dickson

‘Oops’: Bean-counting manager slashes company travel budget, gets his comeuppance after his own horrendous ‘budget’ business trip ends up costing double in changed flights, sketchy motels, and missed meetings

Jesse Kessenheimer